Senior Program Manager
India
Job Description
Senior Program Manager
Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Job Summary

HCLTech’ Digital Business Services is looking for experienced transition leaders for its Transition Centre of Excellence (CoE). The Transition CoE is a global team of high performing transition experts who are responsible for the full lifecycle of a customer journey from RFPs to Transition executions. Senior Transition Managers should have deep knowledge, expertise, and experience of leading global application transition programs in complex and challenging environments. They should be willing to work in an individual contributor capacity as well as leading a team of transition experts for executing transition programs. Senior Transition Managers are responsible for creating and defending the end-to-end transition solutions and subsequently leading the transition execution programs. Additional responsibility includes working on various initiatives with respect to enhancing the framework, automation, CoE libraries and participate in analyst/ advisor briefings.

 

Key Responsibilities

A. Transition Solution:

  • Overall responsibility for creating customized and ‘fit for purpose’ transition solution and sizing for large and medium sized RFPs
  • Review and provide guidance to team members for small sized RFPs
  • Ensure HCLTech’s transition framework, tools & accelerators are followed
  • Create week-on-week transition ramp-up and provide complete inputs for transition budgets based on CoE’s cost and effort models
  • Participate in internal leadership reviews to get the transition solution and budgets approved
  • Own the transition related content and presentations to clients bid defense and deep-dive workshops
  • Participate in due-diligence exercises

B. Transition Executions:

  • Overall responsible for the management, performance, and execution of the Transition Program
  • Ensure all planning is coordinated, consolidated and in line with HCL's contractual obligations
  • Ensure standard CoE methodology, deliverables and approach is followed for transition execution
  • Monitor progress of transition plan and the associated tasks and responsibilities (with respect to responsibility of HCL or client or incumbent supplier) against the transition schedule, timelines and milestones
  • Conduct transition cadence meetings
  • Identify, monitor and manage any risks or issues via an updated Transition Risk Register and take appropriate preventive and corrective measures
  • Review transition deliverables and ensure effective knowledge transfer
  • Conduct toll-gate checkpoint reviews and go/no-go meetings with client stakeholders
  • Conduct the Transition to Delivery handover meetings
  • Ensure Critical Milestones and deliverables are identified and completed on time
  • Monitor, track and report against the transition resource ramp-up plan
  • Interface with steady state delivery managers for handover
  • Provide leadership and guidance to transition team (TM's, TMO)
  • Responsible for managing all the support tracks to ensure it aligns with the overall transition objectives along with the cost and timelines.
  • Address program level issues with delivery team leadership and client leadership
  • Conduct transition closure activities as per the CoE framework

C. Transition CoE Initiatives:

  • Participate/ lead the CoE initiatives to enhance transition framework, accelerators, libraries, tools and templates
  • Prepare content for analyst meets and other CoE initiatives aimed at increasing the internal and external visibility

 

Skill Requirements

  • Demonstrate strong program management skills and experience of leading more than one medium to large (150+ FTE) Application Transitions
  • Must have a strong solution mindset and ability to create differentiated and risk-mitigated transition solutions to address client requirements
  • Exhibit client centricity and experience of managing senior client stakeholders on a global scale
  • Must have a collaborative mindset and develop amicable working relationships with cross-functional teams
  • Must be good at problem solving and managing challenges with a positive and calm approach  
  • Demonstrate leadership skills required to manage large cross-functional teams during program executions
  • Possess effective written, oral communication and presentation skills
  • Must be articulative during leadership interactions internally as well as externally

 

Other Requirements

  • Over 12 years of experience in the IT industry with a minimum of 8 years of transition experience
  • Educational Qualifications – MBA/ B.E./ B. Tech.
  • Scrum/ Agile/ PMP/ ITIL/ Six Sigma certification
  • Valid USA/ UK/ Schengen/ Australia Business Visa

 

Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.